Tulare County Biographies
JOHN B. FLAMMANG
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler
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Among the well established industries of the enterprising little village
of Pixley, one of the promising and growing trade centers of Tulare county, is
the garage and automobile service station of the Flammang brothers which has
come to be recognized as one of the leading concerns of its kind in this section
of the state. This garage was established at Pixley in 1914 by John B. and
George Flammang and has rendered good service. In 1917 the place was destroyed
by fire but the proprietors immediately rebuilt on a larger and better plan and
thus are in a position to feel that though the fire was an apparent misfortune
they have profited in the end, for with their larger establishment and the
increased facilities they installed with their new plant they have been able to
extend their service and have thus increased their business. The garage is a
substantial structure, fifty feet by one hundred feet in ground dimensions, and
is well equipped with all the essential devices and appliances for a strictly up
to the minute garage and service station, ready for any sort of demand that may
be made in the way of general service or expert repair work.
John B. Flammang, senior member of the firm of Flammang Bros., and a man
of large experience and of years of training in his line, was born on a farm in
Wisconsin in the year 1877 and was but a babe in arms when in that year he was
brought by his parents, John and Tillie Flammang to California, the family
settling on a ranch seven miles west of Tulare. John Flammang, who became a
substantial ranchman and dairyman in this county, is a native of Germany and his
wife was born in Holland. They were married in Wisconsin, to which state they
had come with their respective parents in the days of their childhood. Reared on
the home farm, John B. Flammang received his schooling in the neighborhood
schools and remained on the place until he had grown up, when he took to other
pursuits and was for some time engaged in working in the oil fields. He then
became a garage mechanic and while working ,at Fresno and Tulare became
thoroughly familiar with the garage business. In 1914, in association with his
brother, George Flammang, he established the present garage at Pixley and has
since been thus engaged in business at that place, as is set out above.
In 1915, at Tulare, John B. Flammang was united in marriage to Mrs.
Clementine Christensen and they have two children, a son, Clarence Christensen,
and a daughter, Martilda. The Flammangs have a pleasant home at Pixley, a nice
piece of property owned by Mr. Flammang, and are quite comfortably situated. Mr.
Flammang also owns an interest in the old home ranch west of Tulare. He is a
member of Pixley Grove of the United Ancient Order of Druids and is also
affiliated with the No. 1484, Tulare Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, in
the affairs of both of which popular fraternal organizations he takes an earnest
interest.
Source: History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing
Company, 1926., p. 473